Ohio tops nation in May job growth

7:37 PM,
Jun. 21, 2013

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The Cincinnati Enquirer

Ohio topped the nation last month when it added 32,100 jobs, far more than any other state and the most here in a single month in at least a decade.

The monthly state jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that most of Ohio's new jobs came from professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, government, education and health services. Growth in manufacturing and financial services was flat.

The state's unemployment rate remained at 7 percent, still better than the national rate of 7.6 percent. ...